I picked up a copy of Black Enterprise at the airport this week because the cover article was titled The Business of Faith. It focused on the ministries of T.D. Jakes, Kirbyjon Caldwell, and Eddie Long.

I was blown away by the ingenuity.

They are getting movie deals, renovating shopping malls, and starting businesses. I really appreciate the holistic approach to ministry.

Obviously, preaching the gospel is at the heart of what we’re called to do. But I’m not in the camp that thinks that ingenuity is at odds with the gospel. We ought to be the most creative people on the planet.

So I find myself praying that God would unleash an ingenuity anointing.

Not exactly sure what that anointing looks like. But I think we get a glimpse in Exodus 31:2: “I have chosen Bezalel, son of Uri, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of crafts.”

Our understanding of the anointing of God is far to ecclesiastical. The anointing of God isn’t just something that preachers need. It is something that entrepreneurs and parents and teachers and musicians and politicians and movie directors need.

Ingenuity is a supernatural byproduct of spiritual maturity.